When we moved in, we had big overgrown bushes in front of our house. They’ve only gotten bigger and more overgrown over the past nearly-13 years:
And now they’re gone!
I have a nice, clean blank slate (well, minus the overgrown burning bush that I couldn’t bear to have pulled out – we’ll try to trim it back aggressively for the next couple of years and see if we can’t tame it a bit) to work with. Time for a trip to the garden store!